Military service
Burial/memorial information
Served in Manitoba, Jamaica with Y Force and Hong Kong with C Force. He had 815 days of service, including 53 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Pontius Lake located east of Lake Granville in his honor do 1975.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Ira Winfield Pontius
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Inscription
Private IRA WINFIELD PONTIUS is one of 27 members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Newspaper Clipping
Private IRA WINFIELD PONTIUS was reported Killed in Action, in the Canadian Army's 244th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 9, 1943. -
Dedicatory Inscription of the Sai Wan Memorial
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of Ira Pontius
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of IRA WINFIELD PONTIUS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Ira Winfield Pontius
Digital gallery of
Private Ira Winfield Pontius
Digital gallery of
Private Ira Winfield Pontius
Digital gallery of
Private Ira Winfield Pontius
Digital gallery of
Private Ira Winfield Pontius
Digital gallery of
Private Ira Winfield Pontius
Digital gallery of
Private Ira Winfield Pontius
Digital gallery of
Private Ira Winfield Pontius
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 41 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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